1 - Erwan Le Roux in 11 days 5 hours 13 minutes and 55 seconds
On Thursday, November 13, the FenêtréA Cardinal d' Erwan Le Roux crossed the finish line in Pointe-à-Pitre at 19 hours 13 minutes and 35 seconds. He will have led a long duel with Lalou Roucayrol over 2000 miles and will have succeeded in catching up with his adversary to take the lead of the fleet and to be 1000 miles ahead of him. By pushing his boat to the limit, he also managed to beat the reference time, previously held by Franck-Yves Escoffier in 2006 (11 days 17 hours and 28 minutes). " Thanks to Guadeloupe for its welcome, for all the follow-up along the coasts, it was very nice! The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe is a race and until the end we are uncertain of the outcome. That's what makes it so legendary. [âeuros¦] I knew it was the best boat to win the Route du Rhum. It is the Crêpe Whaou ! 3 for which I participated in the construction with Franck-Yves Escoffier in 2009 and in 2011, FenêtréA-Cardinal bought the boat because we had a common history. This victory is mine, I wasn't double-handed, I was all alone, it won't be taken away from me!" Read more .
2 âeuros Lalou Roucayrol in 11 days 21 hours 29 minutes and 10 seconds
Lalou Roucayrol crossed the finish line on Friday, November 14 at 11 hours 29 minutes and 10 seconds. This end of the race was particularly trying with a slow tour of Guadeloupe, it took him almost 12 hours since he passed the Tête à l'Anglais. This multihull specialist led the race from the start and pursued Erwan Le Roux relentlessly on his brand new, extremely fast multihull. He wanted to demonstrate all the qualities of Arkema Aquitaine Region on a transatlantic, it's done. " What a horror! It was hell on this tour of Guadeloupeâ?¦ Otherwise, it was a great race, we got even with Erwan. I am very happy that he won, I would have preferred to be in his place, but I am happy with my race. My boat is brand new, I'm taking it in hand, we have a crazy future, because it has great potential. Three Rhum races, three times on the podium: 3rd, 2nd, and 2nd!" Read more .
3 âeuros Gilles Lamiré in 12 days 10 hours 44 minutes and 37 seconds
The skipper of Rennes Métropole - Saint-Malo Agglomeration won the 3 ème place of the podium by arriving on Saturday November 15 at 00 hours 44 minutes and 37 seconds. He knew how to lead his mount with a master hand and gets a beautiful victory for his 3 ème participation. He managed to handle the damage admirably and choose the right trajectories, routed by Karine Fauconnier. This newcomer to the Multi50 class has made good progress. " I am very happy because I was in contact with the first two. But Yves put a lot of pressure on me. I have been sailing with 1 reef in the mainsail for 3 days. I almost capsized and the bottom of the mainsail ripped off. We knew it was going to be tight. I sailed less but with Karine Fauconnier (in the routing), we did a great job.â [âeuros¦] It was my place this 3rd place. It was impossible for it to escape me ." Read more .
4 âeuros Yves Le Blévec in 12 days 11 hours 10 minutes and 18 seconds
Yves Le Blévec arrived in Pointe-à-Pitre on board Actual on Saturday 15 November. He started at the head of the pack, but was forced to stop in Cascais for 8 hours to repair his airplanes. When he set off again, he was 400 miles behind the leader, Lalou Roucayrol, and found himself in 4th place ème place. He gave it all he had because he managed to claw back miles on Gilles Lamiré and crossed the finish line only 25 minutes and 41 seconds behind him. " I am first of those who took a shower because I took a shower in Cascaisâeuros¦ I am super happy with my sailing, the boat is going well, we went very fast, it's just that we were behind. The race stopped on Monday evening. In half an hour, I broke both my aerials. From then on, I could continue, but it was in convoying modeâeuros¦ That is to say, if you no longer have a notion of speed, you can no longer attack.â [âeuros¦] We have been sailing together for five years with my boat, this is the last one, it is part of the historyâeuros¦ The boat will continue to sail with someone else. I have lots of ideas. I would love to do a new Multi50. It would be one more boat, it would start to make a nice fleet. I am convinced that these are great boats for sailing sponsorship, there is sport, there is a match!
5 âeuros Etienne Hochedé in 18 days 09 hours 37 minutes and 11 seconds
Etienne Hochedé closed the Multi50 class ranking by arriving on the Caribbean island this Thursday, November 20. He was battling with the first Class40s, especially for the final of the Canal des Saintes, with Damien Seguin and Fabrice Amedéo. " It felt good to arrive in Pointe-Ã -Pitre: there was a lot of salt and water, so it was a ty-punchâeuros¦ I really pushed the boat to get there! I didn't expect to go so fast, but the boat is going very well downwind. And I am very satisfied with the result. I had a hard time with my automatic pilots: it took me quite a while and it wasn't very funny. And the three days before arriving in Guadeloupe were not easy with a lot of wind, especially at night with violent squalls. I was very confident in the platform but I was more worried about it. I don't know if I will do a Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe again: I'm getting old! But we don't know, I have nothing plannedâ?¦"
